1 Samuel 4:3

Modern English Version

When the people came into the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has the Lord struck us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh to us, that it might come among us and rescue us out of the hand of our enemies.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:25

The king said to Zadok, “Take the ark of God back to the city. If I have found favor in the eyes of the Lord, He will bring me back and allow me to see both it and its resting place.

1 Chronicles 17:1

Now it happened as David dwelt in his house that he said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I am dwelling in a house of cedar while the ark of the Lord is under curtains.”

Psalm 74:1

O God, why have You cast us off forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?

Psalm 74:11

Why do You withdraw Your hand, Your right hand? Take it out of Your bosom and destroy them!

Isaiah 50:1

Thus says the Lord: Where is the certificate of divorce by which I sent your mother away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Behold, for your iniquities you were sold, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

Isaiah 58:3

“Why have we fasted and You do not see? Why have we humbled ourselves and You take no notice?” Behold, in the day of your fast you find your desire and are exacting on all your laborers.

Isaiah 59:1

Behold, the hand of the Lord is not so short that it cannot save, nor is His ear so dull that it cannot hear.

Isaiah 59:2

But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you so that He will not hear.

Jeremiah 3:16

It shall come to pass when you are multiplied and increased in the land in those days, says the Lord, they will say no more, “The ark of the covenant of the Lord.” And it will not come to mind, nor will they remember it, nor will they call for it, nor will it be made any more.

Jeremiah 7:4

Do not trust in lying words, saying, “The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.”

Numbers 10:33

They set out three days from the mountain of the Lord, and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them the three days’ journey, to find a resting place for them.

Numbers 10:35

And it was, when the ark set out, that Moses said, “Rise up, O  Lord, and let Your enemies be scattered, and let them that hate You flee before You.”

Numbers 31:6

Moses sent them to the war, a thousand from each tribe, with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, with the holy vessels and the trumpets to sound the alarm in his hand.

Deuteronomy 29:24

All nations will say, “Why has the Lord done such to this land? What does the heatedness of this great anger mean?”

Deuteronomy 31:26

“Take this Book of the Law, and put it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, so that it may be there for a witness against you.

2 Timothy 3:5

having a form of godliness, but denying its power. Turn away from such people.

Hebrews 9:4

which contained the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid with gold, containing the golden pot holding the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.

Joshua 4:7

you will answer them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones will be a memorial for the Israelites continually.”

Joshua 6:6

So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant. Seven priests bearing seven ram’s horn trumpets shall be in front of the ark of the Lord.”

Joshua 7:7

Joshua said, “O Lord God, why did You bring this people across the Jordan to give us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us? If only we had been content to dwell on the other side of the Jordan!

Joshua 7:8

O my Lord, what should I say now that Israel has fled before its enemies?

1 Peter 3:21

Figuratively this is like baptism, which also saves us now. It is not washing off the dirt from the body, but a response to God from a good conscience through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

Jude 1:5

Now I want to remind you, though you already know, that the Lord saved the people out of the land of Egypt and afterward destroyed those who did not believe.

1 Samuel 1:24

When she had weaned him, she took him up with her with three bulls, one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine. And she brought him to the house of the Lord in Shiloh, though the boy was young.

1 Samuel 14:18

Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring here the ark of God.” For the ark of God was at that time with the Israelites.

1 Samuel 4:2

The Philistines arrayed themselves in a battle line against Israel, and when the battle was over, Israel was beaten before the Philistines, who struck down on the field of battle about four thousand men.